Jackson, Wyoming

Photo of my booth at Jackson Hole Art Fair

The view was fabulous and being from Texas, I thought
the grass was wonderfully lush, green and just
awesome to walk on. (very different from home)

One view on the way to Jackson

The Snake River went along the campgrounds where we stayed.

View from our campsite of the creek that flowed into the Snake River.

I camped with friends from Tyler, Texas. Sally and Leigh Wade were wonderful camping buddies. They made camping fun, it was like being at a slumber party - talking late into the night with Sally. We compared notes (or sketches) about techniques and all the things that put our non-jeweler friends to sleep.

This is a photo of one of her pieces - as you can see she does the
texture by hand stamping with tools that she makes her self.
Check out her blog!

City Arts in Dallas, TX

It was a great weekend in Dallas with some fabulous artists. great musicians, dancers, and story tellers. Even with the heat there was a good turnout at the event. Its a really mixed crowd as there are people who shop the arts venue after the symphony so you see many people quite dressed up among the rest of us that are attired in shorts.

I had a good show and the big sellers this show were the titanium and silver dangle earrings. This is the week to make more and replenish my inventory. I will post a photo of these to my blog soon. The next weeks will also be spent preparing for the summer Buyers Market in Philadephia.

Art & Air

I had a bit of a panic today as I went to do my civic duty. I was called to jury duty and thought it would be a repeat of when I served in the past. Typically the jurors are picked and then the trial will start that same day and go for a day or two. No! Today the judge said that the trial wouldn't start until Friday. Well, that had me nervous - as I needed to leave Thursday to drive to Webster Grove, MO for the Art & Air Festival at Eden Theological Seminary. This is near St. Louis and is a good days drive from my home near Dallas, TX. Fortunately the Judge did allow those who had a scheduling conflict to verbalize the information and took that into consideration when selecting the jury. So I am able to leave on time Yeah!

I have some wonderful titanium and silver pendants for this show and I have a few other items I hope to finish tomorrow. So come out and see all the new and lovely pieces at this show.

I have rejoiced in
Your decrees as much as in riches.
I will study Your commandments
and reflect on Your ways.
I will delight in Your principles
and not forget Your word.
Psalm 119:14-16

STUDIO OPEN HOUSE

I'm having a Studio Open House on Saturday, December 8, 2007, from 11 am to 5 pm. I'll be doing some demos, showing how to torch patina titanium, texturing with burlap and bracelet forming. I may do another one or two as the demo schedule is not written in stone. I think we will have a good turn out and I hope we have the mild winter weather that Texas often has this time of year.

The Holidays are here!

We had an awesome Thanksgiving!!! I got to see several of my cousins and that is always great to catch up on what is happening in every one's life.

Our next big event is the Studio Open House, Gordon and I decided Saturday December 8 is to be the day. More information to come shortly. We hope to see many of our friend there.

Link Bracelet made with Doomed Silver

This is another bracelet that I have been working on and I am pleased with how it turned out. It still needs some more clean up and polishing, but you can see the over all effect. I really like the leaf texture on this and even have the texture on the circle of the toggle clasp.